♪♪ welcome back to another hour of "chris jansing reports." ahead for us, more time to pay less money. donald trump scoring a major victory after an appeals court lowers his civil fraud bond by nearly $300 million. what he now owes and when. on the other hand, the date is set for the first criminal trial for the former president, the implications of the timing and what had the judge duking it out with trump's team and his hush money case. and on this manic monday, new reaction from the former president as his legal battles collide on the day that's wild, even by his standards. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest

developments. we begin with the big reprieve. lowering donald trump's bond in the landmark civil fraud case. nbc's tom winter is following that for us. we know why this decision is made, and how big of a deal is it for the former president, tom. >> right, chris. it's the first appellate division who will ultimately hear his appeal of that big 450 plus million dollars discouragement that he is facing. they're the ones that have lowered this down to $175 million and given him ten days to be able to try and get that bond. there's also some other decisions that were associated with it, as far as who can do business and when in the state of new york. there's some indication from the filings here, chris, that they're not going to hear arguments on this, perhaps until the september 2024 term. this will not be sussed out until at least then, at least it appears in the initial reading of this document. as far as what it ultimately means for trump, certainly the ability to get 175 million

versus over 400 million, that's a big difference. he gets ten more days. we don't know how far apart the sides were, and of course he has the outstanding bond to e. jean carroll, which is not for a limited amount of funds. that is over $80 million. put together, the people that could issue this type of bond, are they getting close to the point wondering, what could he put up for collateral. he said under oath he has $400 million in cash. ultimately how much of that can he tap into, what is liquid. putting up his business as collateral, that's a challenge because he owes money on those properties and the first lien holder is going to be the lending institution. this is complicated for the former president and the attorney general's office, to the method of enforcement and what can happen here. either way, it's a big sum of money, chris. >> thank you for that. now to donald trump's hush money trial which we learned will begin on april 15th.

lisa rubin was inside the courtroom for a hearing that at times got contentious. where does the trump team now stand with this judge? >> well, chris, i'm not inside the judge's head. as an observer watching the hearing today, i would say that team trump did squander a lot of credibility with the judge, and this is why. the moment that he held the hearing on today was one where they basically accused the new york d.a.'s office of widespread and blatant prosecutorial misconduct, and as judge merchan told them today, that's a big accusation. it was such a big accusation that he said not only did you accuse them of prosecutorial misconduct, you said i was asked to be complicit in it. the facts didn't stand up to that. he asked both parties to submit to him a time line of their correspondence with the southern district of new york. that's the arm of the federal department of justice that

operates here in manhattan and that prosecuted michael cohen, expected to be the star witness in this trial for campaign finance violations that are related to the case here before judge merchan. he reviewed those documents. he reviewed the time line and said there was no indication as far as he's concerned of any prosecutorial misconduct by the new york d.a.'s office. in fact, he said, they went above and beyond what's required in terms of disclosing to trump's team documents that they would need to aid in his defense, and with respect to prior statements, for example, from michael cohen, chris. >> speaking of facts not supporting trump's claims, i want to play a little bit more, if i can, of something he said after the court adjourned. take a listen. >> these are all biden trials, so i don't know that you can have it. i think we're going to get some court rulings. >> but will you testify in that trial? >> i would have no problem testifying. i didn't do anything wrong.

>> you explained well and clearly that, indeed, these are not biden trials, that there is no association between what's happening in this courtroom and the administration or doj for that matter, but that aside, he said, i think we're going to have some court rulings. is there anything else that donald trump and his team can do at this point, you think, to delay that date of april 15th? >> well, they're certainly going to take a swing at it, and today in court, chris, at the end of the hearing, there was a preview of what might be to come. todd blanche who was the lead lawyer told the judge he wanted to file a motion, either to adjourn the trial or move it somewhere else. it's slightly unclear, based on the amount of pretrial publicity associated with the case. the amount of pretrial publicity might be due to his client's own conduct, but really comes more from the fact that donald trump is the presumptive nominee for president and due to the

voraciousness of this trial. we won't see it today because judge merchan has a policy that filings are not public until at least 48 hours after they're made. the new york district attorney's office has a week from today to file their response. look to that to be one, if not among more examples of how trump further tries to delay this april 15th start date, chris. >> lisa rubin, thank you for that. let's go to garrett haake now. you had a chance to question trump. how is he trying to spin these legal developments today? >> reporter: lisa laid out the first half of it, this idea that somehow the case against him in new york city is a construction of the biden doj. he spent a lot of time talking about certain attorneys attached to this case, which he believes somehow proves that this is not a case that has its foundation in new york city law but rather is somehow part of this election interference conspiracy which he's placed at the heart of his

campaign. on the matter of the bond ruling, he was much more magnanimous toward the state of new york, arguing the appeals court, there is justice to be had and the amount he owes will be substantially lowered. he told me it was none of my business, as he said on friday, he put more of his own money into his campaign. that's a dodge there we'll see quite a bit going forward. he did have kind of a newsy, non-answer on the question of whether he would accept foreign money as help covering the bond payment, when he was asked about that. listen to what he said. >> do you accept money from a foreign government to pay the bonds or fines? >> i don't do that. i think you would be allowed to. i don't know. if you borrow from a big bank. many of the banks are outside of this, as you know, the biggest banks, frankly are outside of our country. so you could do this, but i don't need to borrow money. i have a lot of money. >> reporter: two things to note

there, chris. obviously leaving the door open for sources of money that may not come from traditional u.s.-based banks. i think we should keep an eye on that across the future. also the return to the center piece of the political methodology. donald trump the rich guy. the idea that the case could have led to his buildings being taken away from him, his bank accounts frozen, had been an attack on the central element of his political career. a short time ago, he sent out a fundraising appeal, saying that he won, he was keeping the state's hands off of trump tower. the idea that he is, you know, as wealthy as he claims to be, and he's fighting all of this on behalf of his supporters is kind of the whole trump brand here politically, and on the bond ruling element today, they are trying to claim victory in both categories. >> garrett haake, an interesting day. appreciate it. >> with all of this happening, let's not forget trump's election case in georgia and

blunt comments from the fulton county d.a., fani willis. nbc's blayne alexander is in atlanta for us. so what exactly did fani willis have to say? >> reporter: chris, before i get to that, i want to get to a little bit of breaking news. in the past ten minutes ago, we found out judge mcafee set a hearing for thursday to hear a different attempt from former president donald trump to get the charges here in georgia dismissed. we're going to hear arguments from trump's attorney and one of his codefendants, david shaffer, what does that mean in practical terms, it means the judge in this county is moving forward with this case. that leads us directly into what we heard from fulton county d.a. over the weekend, fani willis. she was actually at an easter egg roll, and she spoke with cnn. here's what she had to say, though. remember, for the better part of two and a half months, we have been talking about these allegations against her, this motion to dismiss. that was shot down by a judge. we know that trump and his team have been given the green light

to go ahead and appeal that. she's saying that despite the fact that there's likely going to be an appeal, she's not stopping her time line of trying to hold this trial in early august. take a look. >> let's say it for the record, i'm not embarrassed by anything i have done. you know, i guess my greatest crime is i had a relationship with a man, but that's not something that i find embarrassing in any way, and i know that i have not done anything that's illegal. i don't feel like we have been slowed down at all. i do think there are efforts to slow down this train, but the train is coming. >> reporter: the train's still moving, that's what she said, and i have to say that is largely in line with what we have known her thinking to be all along, chris. she is moving for a speedy trial. she had asked for a trial to begin on august 5th. that's something that's been standing, but it is important to point out, just because that's something that the d.a. asks for, and something she can certainly do, doesn't mean a judge is going to grant that trial start date. and so there are a couple of moving pieces here, but i think it's important to point out that

even though we are waiting to see trump and his codefendants appeal the decision from the judge to keep her on this case, judge scott mcafee has made it clear, he's not stopping, he's going to hear other motions on this case, and that's illustrated by the fact that we have a new hearing date set for thursday. >> blayne alexander with that breaking news, thank you for that. the high profile witnesses and evidence in play when donald trump's hush money case gets underway next month. keep it right here. h. keep it right here t away. i hear that. this bad boy can fix anything. yep, tough day at work, nice cruise will sort you right out. when i'm riding, i'm not even thinking about my painful cavity. well, you shouldn't ignore that. and every time i get stressed about having to pay my bills, i just hop on the bike, man. oh, come on, man, you got to pay your bills. you don't have to worry about anything when you're protected by america's number-one motorcycle insurer. well, you definitely do. those things aren't related, so... ah, yee! oh, that is a vibrating pain.

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affair. i want to bring in msnbc legal analyst, catherine christian. and former assistant u.s. attorney in the criminal division for the u.s. eastern district of new york. so new york well represented here. thank you both for being here. catherine, the judge said michael cohen and stormy daniels are cleared to testify. trump's teams attempts to block them have not been successful. we heard from daniels just a couple of days ago. let me play for you what she said. >> i don't want you to talk about the trial. but are you ready? >> i'm absolutely ready. i have been ready. i'm hoping with all of my heart that they call me because as i showed on the stand against michael avenatti. i don't need someone to speak for me, and i relish the day that i get to face him and speak my truth. >> for those who don't remember, her former lawyer, michael avenatti. she doesn't seem nervous. she says she's ready. she does have some experience.

what kind of witness do you think she's going to be? >> i think she'll be a good witness. i don't think donald trump is denying that she was given money. the issue is whether or not that money was covered up, whether or not his business records were falsified, saying that they were legal expenses. so the reality is the main witness in terms of these falsification of business records is michael cohen. >> let's talk about michael cohen. he admitted to lying under oath. he's talked about that. he says it's a small thing in a big case but is it necessarily in the eyes of the jury, and we have seen him before. we have seen him on tv. we know he testified in a civil case. what kind of witness is he going to be, and how difficult might he be for the prosecution? >> so, you know, i think it's always complicated when you have a witness who admits to lying. any defense lawyer is going to say, okay, first off, you admit you are a liar, and you're under oath. are you saying you were lying

then or you're lying now. prosecutors are well trained of how to prepare witnesses of how to get them ready for the stand and i think michael cohen will be a good witness. the question will be is the jury going to see him as someone who is biassed, someone who has an ax to grind against a former bus or someone who now sees the truth and wants to be honest and forth telling. that's going to be the job of the jury to decisive between the two options. >> i'm curious from both of you, there's a celebrity effect. and look, michael cohen, stormy daniels, they're not donald trump, but chances are they're probably known to at least some of the people on the jury. there is something about seeing someone who's been on the news in person, the reaction you get to that. might that play into this, and will it play into jury selection? >> particularly with michael cohen who is on tv all the time, any chance he can get. so if i'm the defense attorneys, i'm definitely going to ask

about that because he is clearly biassed and he admits it, against donald trump. he trashes donald trump every chance he gets. that's going to play into, you know, have you seen michael cohen, yeah, i saw him on msnbc and he said how horrible donald trump is. that will play into that. i think stormy daniels, quite frankly, this is the first time i have seen her in a while. >> she does have, though, there's a new documentary, not doing a little push for peacock, which is also owned by this company, but on peacock, does it have an impact on the jury and the jury selection? >> i think it certainly will. in any high profile case, it's hard to find jury members who know absolutely nothing, who have been under a rock. the question is whether the jurors, if they have some exposure can set that to the side. it can go both ways. there are folks who may look at michael cohen and think he's biassed and think he's a victim. both sides will be trying to

understand what do the jurors know about the people before they got there, and is it helpful or not. if you're one side, you may want someone who sees him favorably. if you're the other side, you're not going to want that. >> it is going to be fascinating and i can't wait to talk to you more about it as we get closer. coming up, a $150 million lifeline to former president donald trump, so what's attorney general letitia james' next move? sometimes the sidekick is the main event. you would say that. every epic footlong deserves the perfect sidekick. zyrtec allergy relief works fast and lasts a full 24 hours so dave can be the... deliverer of dance. ok, dave! let's be more than our allergies. zeize the day with zyrtec.

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. well, donald trump has at least another ten days now, to avoid a seize and freeze of his assets in his civil fraud case. as "the new york times" puts it, that could have included new york attorney letitia james' freezing some of trump's bank accounts or seizing some of the famous new york properties involved in the case, including his triplex in trump tower, 40 wall street and his west chester golf club, but none of that is happening now, at least, because of the extension he got from an appeals court. joining us now, rob d'amico, former fbi supervisor and member of fbi's rescue hostage team, and founder of sierra consulting back with us. rob, trump had this to say about the whole situation. >> thank you very much, everybody. >> this is a witch hunt.

this is a hoax. thank you. >> okay. does it seem, rob, for all his complaints, witch hunt, hoax, the kind of words we have heard a lot from him, that a lot of things are going his way? >> they are, but i think the courts looked at it and probably realized the complexity of a bond like that, and looked at it and said, hey, i don't think anyone wants the drama of what people are anticipating should this happen. so i don't think it was, like, an escape, but it definitely put it off a little bit and gives more people time to think on how they're going to do things. >> it can appear to every day people, and certainly people who don't like donald trump, that he's getting some sort of special treatment. is he? >> i think he is. i mean, he's not getting treated like every other defendant. he's catching some lucky breaks here. i think just this weekend he was talking about having almost

$500 million in cash. >> he put that on social media. >> i understand the court may not have wanted to instigate what would have been a fire sale, selling real estate quickly. that could diminish the value of these buildings, but he's talking about that he had cash. when i look at both the reduction of the bond amount and the fact that the court is allowing him to keep getting loans, the state of new york and otherwise put some stays in in judge engoron's original decision, it suggests that the appellate court is going to limit the trial court's decision in some way. >> if some people would come forward, and i have seen some interviews to this effect, that this is part of the two systems of justice. he talks about two systems of justice, but for some people it's because he has money and because he has lawyers and he can keep filing appeals and keep pushing this that it's different. now, the average person is not going to have a $454 million judgment against them. but the point is that he does have the money to try to keep

pushing to the most advantage he can possibly get. >> 100%. his money is buying him additional process that other people would not get. he gets a lot of bites at the apple. i think there's some impact in the optics of being a former president that courts have been more hesitant to go as hard against him as they would every other defendant. people all across the country get bonds, excuse me, judgments forced against them. property seized, cash, assets frozen, that happens every single day. i think the court here not only drops its bond, but does it by a significant amount. you're talking more than half of what he would have owed, which suggests, i do think special treatment. >> he did claim, rob, donald trump did in the last hour, that he's got the money even more and that he can post it very quickly. so how real is the threat, though that in ten days donald trump could still be facing the seizure of his properties or freezing of his bank accounts? >> i think there still is some.

i think that's an overblown trump thing that he has that much cash, so i think it's still going to come down to how is he going to be able to secure a bond of that amount. there are some things that have happened that may offset that a bit. i think the company acquiring him, even though there's some verbiage in there that he can't sell his stock, but i still think something could come out of that that allows him to, but it's still a tough thing, and i think he's still over blowing how much money he has. >> thank you both, and that brings me to david k. johnston, professor and distinguished visiting professor at syracuse university college of law and founder of dcreport.org. he also the author of "the big cheat." david, again, just to repeat, donald trump said today he's going to pay his $175 million bond very quickly, but to rob's point, does he have the money?

>> well, he may well have borrowed the moneyment there have been -- the money. there have been indications that he started a relationship with jeffrey yas, the multibillion dollar who owns 7% of the parent company tiktok, which you may recall four years ago, donald issued an executive order banning it, a judge threw out the order as a threat to national security, but now donald thinks tiktok is just great, which tells you a lot about how donald's policy change with who is talking to him on money. >> last month you said, and again, this was under the idea that there was a $454 million bond that he needed and that has been reduced substantially. you said his next move could be personal bankruptcy. trump has said himself in the past that he has never filed for bankruptcy. take a look.

>> i have never gone bankrupt, by the way. i have never. >> sir, you're lying, your companies have gone bankrupt. >> what am i saying? out of hundreds of deals that i have done, hundreds, on four occasions, i have taken advantage of the laws of this country like other people. i'm not going to name their names because i'm not going to embarrass. virtually every people on the front pages of the business sections, they have used the law. >> so could trump, do you think if it came to it be willing to file for personal bankruptcy? >> if donald does this, and i was the first to suggest it, it would be a strategic move trying to delay enforcement of civil actions against him until the november 5 election on the idea that if he becomes president again, he'll be able to make everything go away. donald is correct. he has never personally filed bankruptcy.

in 1990, he avoided it because new jersey casino regulators in violation of the law, took his side against his bankers and forced the bankers to give up one-third of the $3 billion that he owed them. >> 175 million, trump raged against the possibility of having to sell some of his properties, but, again, he was very clear today, he's got the money. ten days from now, it's going to be all of these possible options or consequences off the table, but what seems likely to you if it came to that? >> well, cutting the base amount in half. that's what the court did is not unusual. courts have done this in other very large bond cases in the past. if donald loses his appeal which seems highly likely. i and others see any error in fact, then the attorney general at that point will be able to move first against the bond and if necessary, anything else

including his bank accounts to satisfy the judgment, which with interest, by the time the appeals are done, will be very close to a half billion dollars. seizing the bank accounts will be very problematic for donald because he has long covenants on properties, requiring him to maintain certain cash balances and net worth. he could end up with bankers foreclosing on properties, apart from letitia james. >> just one indication of how complicated all of this is. david cay johnston, thank you. with friends like these, who needs enemies, the growing struggle for mike johnson to keep his gavel and to govern, thanks to his fellow republicans. thanks to his fellow republicans. ext level hydration? new neutrogena hydro boost water cream. a vital boost of nine times more hydration* to boost your skin's barrier for quenched, dewy skin that's full of life. neutrogena. hydro boost.

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minutes at the press briefing, white house national security communications adviser john kirby responded to israel's decision to pull its delegation from a trip to washington and talked about the optics that could create. nbc's ali vitali is at the white house with more for us. ali, exactly what happened? >> reporter: yeah, chris, national security council spokesperson admiral john kirby admitting during this ongoing white house press briefing that the white house was, quote, perplexed and disappointed by prime minister netanyahu's decision to cancel that meeting between u.s. officials and an israel delegation that was set

to take place this week in washington. listen to more of his response here. >> we're kind of perplexed by this. a couple of points that need to be stated and, in fact, restated. number one, it's a nonbinding resolution. there's no impact at all on israel and israel's ability to continue to go after hamas. it seems like the prime minister's office is choosing to create a perception of daylight here when they don't need to do that. >> reporter: now, the israelis are saying that prime minister netanyahu canceled these meetings because the u.s. shifted its policy in abstaining from that u.n. cease fire resolution vote that happened earlier today. kirby in the briefing stressing that this was not a shift from the u.s. position saying that the only reason that the u.s. abstained from this vote is because the resolution didn't include specific language condemning hamas for its attack

on israel on october 7th, and he says because of the lack of that language, the u.s. could not support it. and, chris, there was never a guarantee that during these meetings between u.s. officials and this israeli delegation that the minds of the israelis would be able to changed as far as a ground invasion of rafah, but after prime minister netanyahu last week renewed his pledge to start that ground invasion of rafah, u.s. officials, when they were asked whether they were concerned about that, they repeatedly cited the fact that netanyahu had kept those plans to send this delegation. and after obviously this cancellation, this news this morning, that really adds a whole new layer of complications for the white house, for the president, especially against the backdrop of what we know to be these rising tensions between president biden and prime minister netanyahu since the war began. kirby, during the briefing, down playing those saying that he expects prime minister netanyahu

and president biden to continue having conversations, that they disagree, but they still remain long time allies. but all of this really putting a spotlight on what we know to be ongoing meetings between the israeli defense minister who was at the white house right now meeting with national security adviser jake sullivan. >> ali vitali, thank you for that. two weeks to cool down, that may be speaker mike johnson's best hope to keep the gavel, after conservatives went home angry again and threatened his job over the spending bill that just passed. sound familiar? well, the former leader who was confident he could keep his post until he didn't says this. >> speaker johnson is doing the very best job he can. it's a difficult situation, but, look, the one advice i would give to the conference and to the speaker is do not be fearful of a motion to vacate. i do not think they could do it again. focus on the country, focus on the job you're supposed to do, and actually do it fearlessly.

just move forward. >> well, with congress on break, marjorie taylor green can't call for a vote to boot johnson until april 8th. members are quitting congress without even telling party leaders. bottom line, high tensions and minuscule margins, a mere one-vote margin now for republicans coming up. nbc's sahil kapur is on capitol hill, charlie dent is a former republican congressman from pennsylvania. what are the chances marjorie taylor greene will cool down? >> she's going back to her dark red district in rural georgia, and it wouldn't surprise me if she comes back more fired up. the issue for her is more complicated. marjorie taylor greene is just dangling this piece of paper in

front of him saying i will do it if you cross me again. she's not giving a time line, not saying who he would be replaced with. she's not saying how things would get better if he's gone. there's no end game here. she'll need some allies in the house gop to vote with her to remove johnson, and right now she doesn't have any. that includes matt gaetz who triggered the vote to overthrow kevin mccarthy: i spoke to him a few days ago. he said he does not support a motion to remove mike johnson, though he's doing essentially the same thing on spending that kevin mccarthy did. it includes bob good, another one of the detractors on the same day marjorie taylor greene filed the motion to vacate, would not go there. the big impact could be on the issue of ukraine aid. speaker mike johnson has said once congress returns after two-week recess. he'll return to the issue of

ukraine aid. he's not given assurances about what will come to the house floor on that front. he's caught between a trump-aligned wing that opposes aid to ukraine and a hawkish wing that favors it. he's keeping his options open here in terms of how to move forward. marjorie taylor greene indicated it could be a red line for her. johnson's office said this is not his concern right now when asked about the issue of a motion to vacate. his spokesperson says he's focused on governing, passing conservative legislation and growing the majority. >> to punch bowl's point, speaker johnson is staring down the reality of having a one-vote majority after mike gallagher announced he was retiring early. i want to read from a "wall street journal" editorial, quote, the party is a heart attack and absences are flip votes away from putting democratic leader hakeem jeffries in charge. in some sense, mr. jeffries is

already in charge. speaker mike johnson can't pass legislation the usual way through the rules committee and on to the floor with a simple majority. you were there in 2015 when john boehner was pushed to step down. how volatile do you see the situation facing speaker johnson right now? >> well, the "wall street journal" editorial actually nailed it. for the moment, i don't think that johnson is in that much trouble. this is marjorie taylor greene behaving in an erratic manner. she doesn't seem to have a whole lot of people behind her. the republican majority is hanging on by a thread. if resignations continue at this rate, the house republicans will be in the minority by memorial day. having said that, you know, johnson, the people who went after mccarthy, they went after him because they didn't believe he was a true maga guy. he was old establishment gop, many of them had personal animosity toward mccarthy. i don't see that with many members as it relates to johnson. they see him as a true maga

warrior and a disciple. these are threats. he has to watch it. taylor greene made the threat looking at the ukraine funding bill, which i think johnson will be forced to take up. for the moment, i think he's okay, unless, you know, we have a few more resignations. it would be utter lunacy for republicans to engage in yet another circular firing squad eight months before the election, where there's a very good chance they would lose their majority anyway. >> yeah, can you imagine losing the majority outside of an election. i want to talk about what happened on the senate side. republican lisa murkowski suggesting she could be open to leaving the party. take a listen. >> i just regret that our party is seemingly becoming a party of donald trump. >> reporter: you becoming an independent caucus from republicans, is that something you're open to? >> i'm navigating my way through

some very interesting political times. let's leave it at that. >> is that the only option for old school republicans who don't want to get out of politics, you either become an independent and hope you can still have some influence or you really do have to go away because they'll primary you. >> never underestimate lisa murkowski. in 2010, she was primaried by joe miller, lost the primary and won the general election with a write-in vote. that's stunning, and also in alaska, they have rank choice voting, but clearly lisa murkowski, you know, obviously feels very uncomfortable in the direction of the party, and she is, you know, obviously planning for what she might need to do in order to win the next election. she may not be able to win a republican primary. i think she's acknowledged that. make no mistake. she's quite popular in alaska, and could certainly win a general election. that's why i think she's leaving the idea of an independent

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boeing today. ceo david calhoun and two other members of the senior management stepping down at the end of the year after weeks of quality control concerns initially sparked by that terrifying door plug blow out on an alaska airlines flight back in january, and since then, an faa audit of boeing found dozens of safety lapses. nbc senior correspondent tom costello has more on this story for us. so what happens next, tom? >> well, that's the good question. who will replace him? we don't know right now. it's not just the door plug. five years ago we were dealing with the 737 max 8 in which 347 people died in two overseas crashes. calhoun came in to steady the boeing ship after that, to try to bring stability to it. he said today in an interview exclusively on cnbc that he had always told the board of directors he would probably be giving them enough notice so that they could replace him and

that he wasn't necessarily leaving. now, here's what he said this morning. >> why now? i've entered my fifth year. the end of this year, i'll be close to 68 years old. i've always said to the board and the board has been very prepared, i would give them plenty of notice so that they could understand and plan succession in regular order, and that's what this is about. it's me giving them notice that at the end of this year, i plan to retire. >> importantly, boeing is a critical piece of the united states economy. boeing exports are critical, of course, as part of this country's gdp. this is not just an every day company, and it's a company who 2 1/2 million people are flying on planes or millions of them flying on planes, made by boeing every single day. he's not the only one leaving following the max 9 blow out. here's a list of others leaving as well. calhoun by the end of the year. board chair larry kellner is not

seeking reelection, and stan deal, retiring, and interestingly here, chris, the airlines, of course, are the customers for boeing. airline ceos went to boeing's board last week, and said we would like to meet with you but not with calhoun. that was a huge statement of a loss of credibility and really confidence in calhoun, and with that, he's now set his departure for the end of the year, chris. >> tom costello, thank you. overseas, the prince and princess of wales are thanking the public for all the support they have received since catherine's video message, revealing she has been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing preventative chemotherapy. meagan fitzgerald is live outside buckingham palace. what are we hearing about them and also about king charles' battle with cancer. >> reporter: i'll start with the

prince and princess of wales. they have been receiving this outpouring of support across the united kingdom and around the world which is in stark contrast from what we have been seeing the last several weeks. social media has been going crazy with speculation, rumors, conspiracy theories, people making jokes about the whereabouts of the princess of wales, and now we're seeing a shift in tone. people apologizing for partaking in jokes and conspiracy theories and being sympathetic and wishing them the best. i want to read this statement that they released, the princess and prince of wales released over the weekend. they said the prince and princess are both enormously touched by the kind messages from people here in the uk, across the commonwealth and around the world in response to her royal highnesses' message. they are extremely moved by the public's warmth and support and are grateful for the understanding of the request for privacy at this time. that of course was a big message in the video that was released on friday that the princess wants to try and get to a full

recovery in privacy. so she's asking for privacy. now, as for the king, we're hearing from his nephew over the weekend who spoke to our colleagues at sky news saying that the king is frustrated that he can't return to his royal duties. now, you're talking about a guy that's waited his whole life to be king here. it's not even been a year since he was coronated. he is holding public offices, he is in good spirits, we are expecting to see him this weekend for easter services on sunday, of course the princess of wales and her family are said to be doing something more intimate. we will not expect to see them. as far as treatments are concerned for both the princess of wales and king charles, we are told that things are progressing and they're doing as well as can be expected. chris. >> meagan fitzgerald, thank you. well, in just a few hours,

we're finally going to hear from major league baseball's biggest star, shohei ohtani, he will give a statement at 5:45 p.m. eastern, speaking for the first time since alleging that his ex-interpreter swindled him out of millions of dollars tied to gambling. the irs has confirmed it has opened a criminal investigation. major league baseball is investigating as well. dodgers manager, dave roberts, sports ohtani's decision to speak publicly saying it's the right thing to do and that his comments, quote, will give us all a little more clarity. ohtani is not expected to take questions. that's going to do it for us this hour. make sure to join us for "chris jansing reports" every weekday from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. our coverage continues with "katy tur reports" right after this short break. ♪♪ fastsigns. make your statement™.

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